Guide 16 of 29
Beylerbeyi Palace
İstanbul
A summer palace on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus: a hall with a pool and a fountain indoors, reed matting on the floors, visiting rulers at the door, and a sultan's final years. Fourteen stops, about twenty-five minutes.
Stops14
Duration18min
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The Weeping Column
Hagia Sophia · northwest corner
That column is darker than the others. Because it doesn't belong here — it was brought from Ephesus. For fifteen hundred years everyone touched the same spot, which is why the brass shines.
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